[Bug 845] New: - gcc Remote debugging
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Mon Jul 1 12:15:33 CDT 2002
http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845
Summary: gcc Remote debugging
Product: Wine
Version: CVS
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: wine-debug
AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.com
ReportedBy: fgouget at codeweavers.com
The idea is to use gdb's remote debugging feature to use it and debug
Wine/Winelib applications.
There are two main reasons why gdb cannot be used to debug Wine applications
directly:
* threading (Wine does weird things with threading and gdb does not know about them)
* 16-bit support (gdb does not know about segmented 16-bit pointers for instance)
(note that despite these issues you can use gdb directly in some cases, but you
will not be able to fully take advantage of it)
The goal behind this would be to:
* hopefully reduce the amount of code we have to maintain (e.g. code to support
DWARF2)
* benefit from a mature multi-platform debugger
* take advantage of the graphical gdb front-ends
Relevant discussion threads:
* 2001/04/20 - Ove Kaaven - GDB remote debugging for wine
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2001/04/0123.html
* 2002/04/13 - Mike Wetherell - benefit from a mature debugger
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=6xUt8.14322%24sL6.2032145%40news11-gui.server.ntli.net
* 2002/05/22 - Tijs van Bakel - Improving debugging (gdb) support
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2002/05/0613.html
* 2002/05/23 - Eric Pouech - Re: Improving debugging (gdb) support
Eric experimented with gdb's remote debugging capabilities and posted an
informative thread.
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2002/05/0659.html
* See also this comparison matrix by Eric Pouech
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eric.pouech/wine_and_gdb.html
* 2002/06/05 - Michael Cardenas - Re: Improving debugging (gdb) support
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2002/06/0005.html
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